JASON FINE

The ongoing celebration of Kontra-Musik’s 10 years’ anniversary is basically a recognition of the importance of charisma within the predominantly mechanical sphere of electronic music. To quote label boss Ulf Eriksson in a recent Groove interview: “To release on Kontra you need to have developed a unique and personal sound. If you are one of the machines out there producing electronic music for the dead, look elsewhere.” For us, the Kontra-Musik X release was an emblem of our label’s history, filled with unique and personal sounds.But in one instance one may rightfully claim Kontra-Musik’s conventionality: our record sleeves are generally black & white. On X Color, however, we decided to make our murky label a bit more colorful by letting a handful of our favorite artists present their own takes of classic Kontra tracks. As a figure of speech, these artists repaint the tracks with their own colors. Sebastian Mullaert and Porn Sword Tobacco, for instance, work with very warm and vib..

Kontra-Music Dance Classics & REmixes…-To celebrate Kontra-Musik Records hitting the ten-year mark, founder and label owner Ulf Eriksson has put together a collection of some of our finest releases. This has been a daunting task, for we are happy to announce that we could easily have made several very different compilations that we would have been equally contented with – there are so many superb tracks we had to leave out. This has, however, been a labour of love. Much like the label itself.Eclecticism has always been a lodestar for Ulf Eriksson, as we hope this collection gives testimony to. The label has always been moving freely between techno, house and more experimental sounds. Kontra-Musik intends to show different angels of perspective, not to convert you to a new Religion or Ideology. Being open to a broad variety of sounds and rhythms – judging them not solely by their functionality but rather by their personality – has been the Kontra-Musik way from day one. While it has..

Or as Jason Fine puts it: “In my opinion, making deep music is not possible without a strong internal connection between the user and their feelings. Ultimately the end product is a reflection of what the user was feeling while making the piece. I think it's important to listen to your creative flow and respect it -- I don't try to make music when I’m not feeling it, because guaranteed nothing but shit is going to come of it. It all boils down to what I’m feeling at that particular moment in time when I create a piece. With these words we welcome you to the first full length album release on the Kontra-Musik imprint - “Our Music is a Secret Order” (Louis Armstrong, 1954). Producer is greatly talented newcomer Jason Fine, who released his superb debut EP on Omar-S´ FXHE label last year. The twelve pieces of minimal Detroit sounds you are about to hear, were sent to us as one package. We were blown away and there was nothing else to do but surrender to its quality and sign them all. Now ..

Our Music is a Secret Order. But we are not rich powerful men in suits planning how to get even richer. Nor are we dressing in capes performing occult or religious sermonize. We are no elite trying to separate ourselves from others. No, we are ordinary down to earth people. What unites us is that we live and breathe music. It is our passion and our drive. And it has been like that since we discovered that music must be an expression of the human soul. -Kontra..

Amplitude modulation gives you an energetic techno track without losing in melody and funk. Broken home is warm electro brings thought to Claro Intelecto masterpiece Peace of Mind. But Future Thought also contains several deeper house excursions. Take the track Cream, so unique, so heavy and so warm at the same time. Not to mention Butterscotch – spacey and floating, releasing all tension in body and mind. Before the end, Jason leaves us with Many to many, a positive house track melting away in pads and sweet harmony. -Kontra..

The dance music producer today can, to categorize, be divided into two types. First we have the producer, and this is the majority - who skillfully manipulate sound to satisfy dance floors and clubs. Then there is the musician - a person who transforms human thought and emotion into music. This is the category that best describes Jason. What comes out of his studio is always something very personal and special. The sounds are old school but the outcome is so much Jason’s own, that if feels very fresh and new. On Future Thought, the follow up the much acclaimed album, Our Music is a Secret Order – released on Kontra-Musik in 2008, Jason once again sets his mind to spin, this time towards the future, and out comes electronic music full of human presence. Or as Jason Fine puts it: “I am constantly thinking about the future, future of technology, humanity and the earth. So this series of tracks is an auditory representation of my future thought.” -Kontra..

All though more moody than previous releases, Jason Fine continues to play around with layered melodies and harmony mixed with raw and funky drum programming. The EP opens with the track Orange, a beautiful monotone organ based techno track, revealing hard times. Violet continues in the same vein. Blue melodies play around over minor organ chords and heavy kick drum. On the inner tracks Blue and Red Jason with confidence moves into the electro territory, still keeping emotion and atmosphere up front. Even though the concept behind this EP is the full color spectrum, the mood is all over blue. -Kontra..